Experiment 2 - Clipping circuits

This experiment demonstrates the clipping effect of a diode when

placed in parallel with a voltage source. In this case, a source of 10V
peak to peak sine-wave of frequenc 10 k!" is used.
There are two circuits, the first containing onl one diode, clipping
the positive half-ccle, and a second circuit, containing two diodes
in opposite directions, affecting #oth half ccles.
The input and output waveform was displaed on an oscilloscope,
and are represented here in $ig %.% and $ig %.&.
-1.500
-1.000
-500m
0.0000
500.0m
1.0000
1.5000
0.0000 1.000m 2.000m 3.000m 4.000m
volts [27.000C]
seconds ("1" - "0") ("2" - "0")

This graph represents the waveforms for when #oth diodes are connected
in the circuit '
$ig %.& (lipping with two diodes
The clipping can #e explained # considering the diode action and
remem#ering that the diode has a forward #ias turn-on voltage of
approximatel 0.) volts. The negative half-ccle of the input is
unchanged in $ig. %.% as the diode is in reverse #ias, and therefore no
current is flowing through it, and the output is the same as the input. *n
the positive half ccle, the diode is in forward #ias, and current can flow,
#ut onl when the voltage across the diode reaches 0.)V, at which stage
the diode resistance falls to a low value, and the rest of the voltage is
dropped across the resistor, and so the voltage remains at 0.). The output
then drops onl when the input voltage #ecomes less that 0.) volts.
In the case of $ig %.&, where #oth diodes are connected in the
circuit, the negative half ccle then #ecomes affected # this clipping
action.
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-1.500
-1.000
-500m
0.0000
500.0m
1.0000
1.5000
0.0000 1.000m 2.000m 3.000m 4.000m
volts [27.000C]
seconds ("1" - "0") ("2" - "0")